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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

445 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009



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TAMA IA-

445 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR WEST

CENTRAL TAMA COUNTY...



AT 435 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING FROM ICE JAMS ALONG THE IOWA RIVER UPSTREAM OF TAMA 

CONTINUED. LOCATIONS OF MOST CONCERN INCLUDE THE IOWA RIVER AT 

COUNTY HIGHWAY E49...NEAR THE POW WOW GROUNDS...AS WELL AS THE IOWA 

RIVER UPSTREAM OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY 30 BRIDGE. THOUGH A RECENT 

OBSERVATION FROM THE HIGHWAY E49 BRIDGE SHOWED THAT THE RIVER HAS 

DROPPED SLIGHTLY...ADDITIONAL QUICK RISES UPSTREAM OF ANY JAMMED ICE 

ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR ANYWHERE ALONG 

THE IOWA RIVER IN THE WARNED AREA...AS THE ICE JAMS BREAK UP AND 

FORM AGAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4201 9277 4204 9277 4200 9268 4196 9259

      4194 9260 4197 9269



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